CHARLES BLOW

In a story published March 25, 2022, about the Black News Channel shutting down, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the channel's chief investor.

In its 138 years, New York's Metropolitan Opera had never staged an opera by a Black composer – until now. The jazz trumpeter talks about his opera, based on Charles Blow's memoir of growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1970s and '80s.

"Fire," with a score by jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, will be the first opera by a Black musician presented in the Met's 138 years.

The Met Opera’s season opens on Monday, and for the first time in its 138-year history it will perform an opera by a Black composer.

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Charles Blow on the greatest threat to our democracy New York Times columnist Charles Blow shares his thoughts on voting rights and justice in America.

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Met General Manager Peter Gelb said additional losses projected at $54 million raise the total for the company to $154 million since the pandemic started. “The earliest we thought we could schedule it was in the 23-24 season,” Gelb said. “Hamlet” stars Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae and Rod Gilfry in a Neil Armfield staging that opens May 13, 2022. Bart Sher’s staging of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which opened in Berlin in June 2019, starts Dec. 31, 2021, with Quinn Kelsey. A Simon Stone staging of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” begins April 23, 2022, with Nadine Sierra and Javier Camarena.